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>> reporter: she talked about mitt romney the family man, the student and eventually the entrepreneur, telling america don't hate success, embrace it. >> mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. if the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on mitt romney's success? >> reporter: delegates thought she hit the home run romney needs. >> everyone around us, male and female, were just looking at each other like oh, man, she just hit it out of the park. >> she was very natural, a good flowing speech. she's opened up a new side of the romneys that you don't see. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie focused on romney the tough guy. >> mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the torrent of debt that is compromising our future and burying our economy. >> reporter: christie's speech put romney over the top nor the nomination. tonight we hear from running mate paul ryan. he's expected to talk about his small-town roots, less government and strong communities. now, romney was here last night, but he won't b
>> reporter: she talked about mitt romney the family man, the student and eventually the entrepreneur, telling america don't hate success, embrace it. >> mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. if the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on mitt romney's success? >> reporter: delegates thought she hit the home run romney needs. >> everyone around us, male and female, were just looking at each other like oh, man,...
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andrew hoping for a breakthrough by his candidate, mitt romney. >> i want him to talk about conservative values, especially economically. empowering small businesses. >> reporter: chris used to vote republican. not anymore. >> what really change my mind recently is it seems to have got an way from taking care of the little guy. >> reporter: doug is undecided. >> i'd like to see details both from romney and obama. mainly on tax policy. >> reporter: vice president biden charged team romney would hike middle-class taxes. >> how they can justify raising taxes in the middle class that has been buried the last four years. >> reporter: republicans jumped on that, buried by obama? >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree. that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of theitis. >> reporter: that's the kind of zinger sure to be heard at debate number one. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, denver, colorado. >> and of course we'll have complete all-day coverage leading up to tonight's firs
andrew hoping for a breakthrough by his candidate, mitt romney. >> i want him to talk about conservative values, especially economically. empowering small businesses. >> reporter: chris used to vote republican. not anymore. >> what really change my mind recently is it seems to have got an way from taking care of the little guy. >> reporter: doug is undecided. >> i'd like to see details both from romney and obama. mainly on tax policy. >> reporter: vice...
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about what may happen if mitt romney wins the white house. he told rachel he thinks extreme conservatives may make a push for their agenda, including abortion. >> when a president is developing policies and is trying to get his policy on board, we have seen what the right wingers will do in terms of bringing pressure and they will bring that kind of pressure on a president romney to get these extreme policies, whether it has to do with abortion, whether it has to do with other women's issues or even other issues to get policies that are much closer to a vice president ryan's desires than they are maybe to a president romney's desires. >> lean forward with "the rachel maddow show." >> one of the worst wildfires is in northern california about 170 miles north of sacramento and it's forced the evacuation of about 3,000 people. fire crews are attacking by air because the flames are burning in such deep forests that they can't reach it by ground. the blaze has burned more than 33 square miles and more than 50 buildings. >> and now here's your firs
about what may happen if mitt romney wins the white house. he told rachel he thinks extreme conservatives may make a push for their agenda, including abortion. >> when a president is developing policies and is trying to get his policy on board, we have seen what the right wingers will do in terms of bringing pressure and they will bring that kind of pressure on a president romney to get these extreme policies, whether it has to do with abortion, whether it has to do with other women's...
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. >> there were a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but the interesting thing was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. >> reporter: and while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent running mate, paul ryan, on the campaign trail, to respond to the president's claims that the republicans are running on empty. >> he's running on fear and frustration. we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. >> we didn't like what we heard at the rnc. >> he's helped me. >> reporter: not everyone here is cheering in support. hundreds demonstrated in the big bank capital. they want tougher regulations on banks and the environment. later, the president will tour john the baptist parish. he'll tour storm damage. >>> mourners for the reverend sun myung moon in south korea. he was the self-proclaimed messiah of a religion that was regarded by some as a cult that used brainwashing. he is best-known for marrying thousands of his followers. >>> six days after isaac ravages
. >> there were a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but the interesting thing was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. >> reporter: and while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent running mate, paul ryan, on the campaign trail, to respond to the president's claims that the republicans are running on empty. >> he's running on fear and frustration. we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this...
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on social security, people would have had nothing. >> each night, veteran talk host, ed schultz, tackles the issues that matter most to americans. don't miss it at 8:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> well elsewhere according to the latest gallup poll, republican presidential candidate mitt romney's acceptance speech at the gop convention in tampa last week scored a record low with americans. only 38% of americans surveyed rated romney's speech as excellent or good, the lowest rating of any of the eight speeches gallup has tested since bob dole's gop acceptance speech in 1996. 16% rated the romney address as poor or terrible. >>> it has been a week since isaac slammed into the gulf coast and still, tens of thousands of people are in the dark. while crews have been working around the clock to restore electricity, utilities report more than 40,000 customers are powerless in louisiana. low-lying areas are still under water and now a triple-digit forecast could make an already difficult clean-up even more miserable, unfortunately. >>> here's your first look at other news going on around america.
on social security, people would have had nothing. >> each night, veteran talk host, ed schultz, tackles the issues that matter most to americans. don't miss it at 8:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> well elsewhere according to the latest gallup poll, republican presidential candidate mitt romney's acceptance speech at the gop convention in tampa last week scored a record low with americans. only 38% of americans surveyed rated romney's speech as excellent or good, the lowest rating...
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. >>> here's what people are talking about. apparently after last week's debate polls show obama trailing mitt romney by one point. yeah. one point or as is also known the thing obama failed to make during last week's debate. speaking of the election, you guys, the vice-presidential debate is just three days away. both sides are busy getting ready. and republican candidate paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannonball. biden was like, there's going to be a pool there? i'm more of a belly flop guy. >> tonight jimmy welcomes christopher watkin and pete townsend. that is "late night with jimmy fallon." >>> all right. time now for entertainment news. one of hollywood's most enduring couples are calling it quits. danny devito and reea pearlman separated after 30 years of marriage. the two met in 1978. they have three children together, all in their 20s. there's no word yet on what caused the split. i was surprised by that. okay, katy perry went all out for her performance at president obama's l.a. fund-raiser
. >>> here's what people are talking about. apparently after last week's debate polls show obama trailing mitt romney by one point. yeah. one point or as is also known the thing obama failed to make during last week's debate. speaking of the election, you guys, the vice-presidential debate is just three days away. both sides are busy getting ready. and republican candidate paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannonball. biden was like, there's going to be a pool...
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and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how close the candidates are in the polls. >> the whole good month that obama had in september between the convention and the 47% tape, you're now seeing the race as close as it's been all year. i'm a little skeptical that it's actually tied based on the fact that obama still seems to on have a lead in the majority of swing state polls. but romney, who a week or two ago go looked like his campaign might be dead in the water, now is very, very close. maybe the debate was the october surprise, although it wouldn't be the first time that a challenger did really well in the first televised debate. >> every night rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day. watch her at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> a 70-year-old man has become the
and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how close the candidates are in the polls. >> the whole good month that obama had in september between the convention and the 47% tape, you're now seeing the race as close as it's been all year. i'm a...
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last night on special coverage former candidate newt gingrich talked about the gop and medicare. despite what many political analysts say, gingrich thinks the romney/ryan ticket does not have a medicare problem. >> a new poll came out and by 45 to 42 the country announced they liked governor romney more than obama on medicare. he's had a huge advantage on medicare. i think what happened was a remarkable decision by romney and a fundamental mistake by the democrats. i think we're in a different world. i think people are more sophisticated today and i think the fiscal problems, the huge obama deficits and the fact that we've got 8% plus unemployment has created a different environment for this conversation. >> don't miss msnbc's special coverage and rachel maddow and chris matthew's commentary. that is tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. in los angeles surveillance video show police knocking a woman who was handcuffed down to the ground. they did it twice. now the wom
last night on special coverage former candidate newt gingrich talked about the gop and medicare. despite what many political analysts say, gingrich thinks the romney/ryan ticket does not have a medicare problem. >> a new poll came out and by 45 to 42 the country announced they liked governor romney more than obama on medicare. he's had a huge advantage on medicare. i think what happened was a remarkable decision by romney and a fundamental mistake by the democrats. i think we're in a...
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the growing force of conservatives hope he is talking about paul ryan. will mitt roll me in go with the flashy pick or the save choice. >> the movie theater gunman is laying the ground work for an insanity pick saying she mentally ill and schizophrenic even though it was planned and his apartment was booby trapped.
the growing force of conservatives hope he is talking about paul ryan. will mitt roll me in go with the flashy pick or the save choice. >> the movie theater gunman is laying the ground work for an insanity pick saying she mentally ill and schizophrenic even though it was planned and his apartment was booby trapped.
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that while mitt romney heads to south carolina and his running mate will be in ohio. we're live in washington, i'm claire leka. lin? >> last night on the ed show, former vermont governor, howard dean, talked about how republicans are selling their plans for medicare. he told host ed schultz that in his view, the gop's biggest mistake was that they mischaracterized the president's handling of medicare. >> they say something that's not true and they're going to spend $200 million saying it again and again hope that somebody believes it. here's the problem that they have -- very few people in america believe that republicans care about medicare. because they've tried to hurt it so many ways. nor do they believe they care about middle class people. they do believe that whatever the faults of the democrats, they have stood up for social security and medicare. so it's propaganda generally and did didn't work in russia and it's not going to work here. generally does not work when people know that it's a lie. >> be sure to watch "the ed show" week nights at 8:00 p.m. eastern
that while mitt romney heads to south carolina and his running mate will be in ohio. we're live in washington, i'm claire leka. lin? >> last night on the ed show, former vermont governor, howard dean, talked about how republicans are selling their plans for medicare. he told host ed schultz that in his view, the gop's biggest mistake was that they mischaracterized the president's handling of medicare. >> they say something that's not true and they're going to spend $200 million...